- Famous Filipino spoken word poet Juan Miguel Severo took to Twitter to express his sentiment over the controversial victim-blaming statement of Anthony Taberna.
- The 29-year old actor-poet, shamed the “Umagang Kay Ganda” host.
In February 19 episode of Kapamilya morning show, “Umagang Kay Ganda,” news anchor Anthony Taberna made a controversial victim-blaming statement towards a gang-rape victim.
Famous spoken word poet Juan Miguel Severo expressed his dismay over the issue on Twitter.
“So in today’s episode of @ukgdos, Anthony Taberna decided to victim-blame a woman who was gang raped.
Oh, this man. I don’t think I’m alone in thinking na hindi nakagaganda ng umaga – at ng buhay! – ang mga ganitong tao sa TV. To quote Ang Larawan, “Paalam, Candida!” he wrote.
On his other tweet, Juan Miguel urged everyone to remove the boys-will-be-boys mindset on talking about rape issue.
“We deserve better than statements that normalize the boys-will-be-boys mindset. Rape doesn’t happen because victims put themselves in vulnerable situations, rape happens because rapists rape,” he continued.
Indeed, great power comes greater responsibility. As news personality, Anthony should be more careful about what he says on national TV as it might affect the mentality of her viewers.
The “boys-will-be-boys” mentality has to go!
Stop victim-blaming!
